Wednesday, 2 November 2011
News...........
Green Math Part 6: Reality bites the UK
Kurds May Be Barometers of Obama’s Iraq Defeat.
EagleSpeak: This guy gets it: "Viva the shale gas revolution"
Russia ‘regrets’ U.S. decision to cut off UNESCO funding
Two Visions « Neptunus Lex
Iraq declines regional military training
#Occupy Castle Argghhh!
Firm Run by Former Gov. Corzine Files for Bankruptcy Protection
King Abdallah of Jordan on How No One Trusts Obama's Government
October Leaf/Volt Sales
Jobs Panel Member Whose Solar Firm Won Loan Guarantees Raises 'Conflict of Interest' Concerns
Oral Exam: Herman Cain, Anita Hill and Obama
Obama's Class Warfare: It's All He's Got Left
FBI Learning to Disconnect the Dots
Gisele Bundchen, Mrs. Tom Brady, Tricks Her Son
The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street's supporters, sponsors and sympathizers
Egypt's Massacre of Christians: What the Media Does Not Want You To Know
Armed police! Drop the bread and step away from the duck pond
Europe’s free ride on the back of Nato is over
French satirical newspaper firebombed after prophet Mohammed announcement
Greek military leadership changes spark opposition outcry
Syria: inside Hama, the city of fear and ghosts
Syria enlisted help of 'father' of Pakistan's atom bomb
Iranian hackers threaten to attack 'virtual' US embassy
Afghanistan is a proxy war between India and Pakistan
Zimbabwe police tear gas Morgan Tsvangirai's party headquarters
Liberals hate black conservatives, so they're loving the Herman Cain 'scandal'. But their attacks may backfire
Chinese police take on 'lost generation' grandparents
Libya: Nato 'prevented Gaddafi forces reaching mustard gas stockpiles
India plans 'world's most dangerous railroad' from Afghanistan to Iran
Political Paralysis Prevails in Italy
US offers India the Joint Strike Fighter, top defence technology
Paralysis and moral confusion on Piazza Mahatma Gandhi
Is Ahmadinejad the Last Iranian President?
UNESCO gains Palestine but loses U.S. funding
Russian parliament to discuss surgical castration of pedophiles
Navy to review carrier move over budget concerns
and finally.......
Battle of Britain Day by Day
Speaking of problems...........from Rico
Speaking of DEBT problems (something that is NOT done in the MSM or FTV realm of talking heads and teleprompter readers), though the numbers have not been updated on-line officially yet...we have seen the US cross the $15-trillion debt line.
So, as the US stumbles along into a worse version of the 1930's under a worse pResident, Bernanke & friends can at least smile and be grateful that Americans are distracted enough to not really 'notice' the debt problem, or who caused it.
[Hint for Obamunists and other clueless OWS morons: It wasn't "the rich" or "greedy capitalism" but a bloated, ever-expansive, and over-reaching government....they ARE the real 1% we should be tarring and feathering!]
Just like MORE DEBT does not solve the problem of more debt, neither does MORE GOVERNMENT solve the problem of more government.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
The Not So Good Old Days in 14th Century England
An interesting book—well, at least to me— is “The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century” by Ian Mortimer. Let me share some snippets from it and, when I am through, as awful as our present times may seem to you, you may thank a merciful God that you born into these, not former times.
“A major town is an intimidating place. Already you have seen the desiccated remains of thieves hanging on gallows at windswept crossroads. At the principal gates of a regional capital you will find the heads and limbs of traitors on display. When you enter the city of York, the largest city of the north, you will see the blackened heads of criminals stuck on poles above the city gates, their eyes plucked out by birds. Legs and arms hang by ropes, each the relic of a treasonable plot, now riddled with maggots or covered with flies.”
To read Alan Caruba's commentary, click here
Not merely a 'crisis' but a problem...................from Rico
This cannot be what the "leaders" of EUrope wanted to see 48 hours after their latest 'solution' to their debt crisis!
Exactly what they were trying to avoid is happening, the 'contagion' has spread to Italy.
But then, the 'crisis' was never really about Greece, but about the massive debt accumulated by socialists in pursuit of their EUropean fantasy.
The Italian-German 10yr bond spread and a look at Fwench banks are two very good indicators that the half-life of these phoney 'solutions' shrinks with each effort to deny the reality of the true problem: too. much. debt.
- And going further into debt to solve a debt problem isn't any kind of a 'solution' at all...
Calling it a 'crisis' does not do the situation justice. It is a PROBLEM. A problem of too much debt.
Game Changer..............by Dan Friedman
I’ve sent around Barry Rubin’s writing before, but up till now I have never seen him give a talk. Here’s a (36 min.) video of Rubin addressing an audience in Amsterdam on Oct. 17. It’s remarkable how powerful the truth is when it’s presented calmly, unembellished and from the heart.
I hope you make time to watch it, and then pass it on.
Dan Friedman
NYC
News...............
Singing the global warming blues
CDR Salamander: The press and Iraq
A Tale of Two (More) Bankruptcies « Hot Air
The Perfect Storm, 20 years later
Afghan-Indian agreement heralds a strategic shift in the region
Iraq: Shaping US Plans After Withdrawal (PDF)
U.S. Gulf buildup would be imprudent: Iran foreign minister
Like a salami, a slice at a time ...
EagleSpeak: I think this is a bad idea: "Promotion boards to look at energy efficiency"
Number of “working groups” now governing Occupy Wall Street: 79 and counting
OWS protesters at Zuccotti complain about those ‘occupying’ their park
Iraqi police K-9s over worked, poor food since American withdrawal
US Forces to leave Iraq by Christmas
Interior did not get the helicopters, and owns half of its armor
Ride Fast, Roll Easy
The enemy is inside the wire
1-84 Field Artillery Regiment trade food for weapons in Faryab
The Steady Drip: Liberalism Destroys Families and Nations
CURL: The very angry first lady Michelle Obama
Greece to hold referendum on EU debt deal
British troops to hand over security of former Taliban stronghold Nad-e-Ali
US withdraws Unesco funding after it accepts Palestinian membership
£13,000 police drone lost after crashing into River Mersey
Tehran mayor plotting to seize British ambassador's residence and gardens
Syrian protesters call on Nato as security forces raid a university
Libya: Al Qaeda flag flown above Benghazi courthouse
Another no-go area in Londonistan
Guns and Liberty
Recovery? It's not over yet.............from Rico
Happy Days!
The "recovery" asserted by our lad Beery & Co. is NOT over quite yet.
Here's why I say so. (Ignore the lying corrupticrat politicians who tell you otherwise in hopes of being re-elected.)
Real estate prices are down ~35% from peak so far.....but wait! There's more!
A 50-75% drop from peak-to-trough is not out of the question.
- In 1932 prices fell ~67% and stayed at those levels until the end of that depression.
Lucky US, since we're told by the brain trust running things that we're not in a depression, and not in a recession.
- Since US debt as a % of GDP has already exceeded the 1933-level, figure it out for yourselves.
The Herman Cain Scandal
A full report, with videos of the denials: "Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Scandal Upends GOP Presidential Race."
Cain should be okay as long as there are no new revelations or no new facts that contradict the candidate's story line.
Don't miss those videos.
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